Once again on cardiac transplantation flaws in the logic of the proponents

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 617-624

  Watanabe, Yoshio ^a  

^a Toyota Regional Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

'From neck down' transplant; Brain death; Cardiac transplantation; Ethical; Opinion polls; Social and cultural aspects

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVING DONOR; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030844030     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.617     Document Type: Review

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